| 24-5343 |
Victor Darnell Berry v. United States |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-08-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-right-to-defense conviction-set-aside criminal-procedure felon-in-possession knowledge-element youth-rehabilitation-act |
Whether a conviction set aside precludes a felon in possession of a firearm charge and whether a defendant can testify about their understanding of a … |
| 23-268 |
Carolyn Frost Keenan v. River Oaks Property Owners, Inc. |
Texas |
2023-09-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
circuit-split disability-discrimination fair-housing-act knowledge-element reasonable-accommodation statutory-interpretation |
Whether an FHAA disability claim under 42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3) is barred if the defendant does not know or could not have reasonably known of the disab… |
| 22-7292 |
Jason Edward Simpson v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2023-04-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
21-usc-841 controlled-substances-act criminal-procedure due-process jury-finding jury-instructions knowledge-element mens-rea reasonable-doubt statutory-minimum-maximum statutory-sentencing |
Whether a conviction of a substantive offense under 21 U.S.C. § 841 requires jury finding of defendant's knowledge of drug type and quantity |
| 22-5138 |
Arthur Frank Cardenas v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-07-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
certificate-of-appealability criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession habeas-corpus knowledge-element ninth-circuit rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states right-to-counsel sentencing |
Whether a certificate of appealability should be granted due to the District Court and Ninth Circuit's error in not granting it |
| 21-7918 |
Jaime Gonzalo Castiblanco Cabalcante v. United States |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-05-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appellate-review constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fifth-circuit harmless-error jury-deliberations jury-instructions knowledge-element |
Did the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals err in finding that Castiblaneo failed to state a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right? |
| 21-7832 |
Daniel Casamayor v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2022-05-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-indictment criminal-law due-process felon-in-possession firearm-statute indictment knowledge-element rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent |
Should a writ of certiorari be granted to determine if Casamayor's indictment for being a felon in possession of a firearm is valid in light of Rehaif… |
| 21-6014 |
Yina Maria Castaneda Benavidez, aka La Reina, aka Ingeniera v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-10-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeal conspiracy constitutional-rights criminal-law criminal-procedure drug-trafficking due-process evidence evidence-standard knowledge-element sentencing sentencing-disparity |
Did the Eleventh Circuit reversibly err in affirming a conviction for which the Government failed to prove the essential element of knowledge or reaso… |
| 21-5989 |
Jeffrey G. Boyd v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-10-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
burden-of-proof circuit-split contested-element criminal-procedure due-process harmless-error jury-instruction jury-instructions knowledge-element standard-of-review |
Whether the harmless error standard should apply to a failure to instruct the jury on a contested element of the offense |
| 21-5748 |
Kyle Evan Peterson v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-09-22 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
child-pornography circuit-split criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule knowledge-element plea-bargaining plea-colloquy post-hoc-warrant united-states-v-x-citement-video |
Whether the district judge must explain the knowledge element in a child pornography plea colloquy |
| 20-6109 |
Rashawn D. Watson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-10-22 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearm-possession guilty-plea indictment indictment-sufficiency knowledge-element mens-rea plea-bargaining rehaif-decision rehaif-v-united-states |
Whether the decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019) requires that Petitioner's guilty plea and conviction be vacated |
| 20-5558 |
Anthony Smith v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-09-02 |
Denied |
Relisted (3)IFP |
criminal-law criminal-statute due-process firearm-possession firearms jury-instruction jury-instructions knowledge-element mens-rea plain-error prohibited-possession |
Whether the district court committed plain error in failing to instruct the jury that the evidence must establish both that appellant Anthony Smith kn… |
| 19-6682 |
Zhaopeng Chen v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-11-19 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
circumstantial-evidence criminal-law criminal-procedure deliberate-ignorance due-process evidence farmer-v-brennan jury-instructions knowledge-element legal-standard mens-rea |
Whether the rule of Farmer v. Brennan should be extended to criminal cases involving the defendant's knowledge as an element of the offense and the go… |
| 19-6684 |
Rakeem Asaad Davis v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-11-19 |
GVR |
IFP |
18-usc-922g 6th-amendment 6th-amendment-right-to-jury-trial charged-theories-of-prosecution criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution double-jeopardy due-process felon-in-possession jury-unanimity knowledge-element rehaif-v-united-states richardson-standard richardson-v-united-states sixth-amendment unanimous-jury-verdict uncharged-theories-of-prosecution |
Does the failure to require a unanimous jury verdict on either charged or uncharged theories of prosecution violate the Sixth Amendment right to a ver… |